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CVE-2009-1538

high · 9.3

The QuickTime Movie Parser Filter in quartz.dll in DirectShow in Microsoft DirectX 7.0 through 9.0c on Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2 and SP3, and Windows Server 2003 SP2 performs updates to pointers without properly validating unspecified data values, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted QuickTime media file, aka "DirectX Pointer Validation Vulnerability."

9.3
CVSS
26.8%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
98th
EPSS percentile
2009-07-15
Published

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weaknesses

CWE-20

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
microsoftdirectx7.0
microsoftwindows_2000all versions
microsoftdirectx8.1
microsoftwindows_2000all versions
microsoftdirectx9.0
microsoftwindows_2000all versions
microsoftwindows_server_2003all versions
microsoftwindows_xpall versions
microsoftwindows_xpall versions
microsoftwindows_xpall versions

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References

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